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Biden says Trump-Zelenskyy clash was ‘beneath America’
Former U.S. president says Trump’s approach to peace with Russia is “modern day appeasement.”

Trump has already screwed over Germany’s new chancellor

Meet George Simion, the hard-right Romanian election winner … who’s banned from Ukraine

‘Anything can happen’: Trump doesn’t seem fazed by recession worries

White House wants Rubio in powerful dual role long-term

Battle for next pope is about whether Rome is still the Church’s power base

Trump team clashes with Berlin over AfD designation as right-wing extremist
US’s Rubio condemns classification of German far-right party as extremist
Secretary of State Marco Rubio advised Germany to “reverse course” following the domestic intelligence agency’s decision, which grants German authorities increased oversight and surveillance over the party.
Here we go again! How to watch Romania’s do-over election like a pro
The presidential election day is almost upon us. This is what you need to know.
MAGA man leads the field before Romanian election rerun
George Simion, the candidate tipped to win the first round of the presidential election, publicly aligns himself with Donald Trump.
Who are the favorites to succeed Pope Francis?
Will the Italians get the papacy back? Or is it time for the first African in the modern era? A conclave will gather in the weeks ahead to elect a new pontiff.
Putin violated his own Easter truce thousands of times, Zelenskyy says
Moscow said its forces were “strictly observing” the ceasefire and accused Ukraine of violating the pause in fighting.
Putin declares ‘Easter truce;’ Kyiv is skeptical
“Shahed drones in our skies reveal Putin’s true attitude toward Easter and toward human life,” Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says.
Brussels takes aim at those cashing in on broken European markets
Former investment banker turned Financial Services Commissioner, Maria Luis Albuquerque, is shining a light on the forces sabotaging greater integration.
JD Vance: Europe can’t be a ‘permanent security vassal’ of the US
The American vice president concurs with French sentiment that the continent needs to be militarily independent.
Leading in an age of disruption: Why policy professionals must adapt
A new global landscape needs leaders who readily embrace change and lead with vision — the kind of leaders that the European University Institute is nurturing at its new blended program in Florence.
Former French PM considers return to combat ‘neoimperialism’
Dominique de Villepin is enjoying unprecedented popularity, more than a decade after he was last in power.
Shock tariff policy change ‘came from the heart,’ says Trump
President’s decision to pause so-called reciprocal tariffs on the same day as implementing them came after his administration previously insisted the new rates were here to stay.
Putin wants Western Balkans as his next ‘playground,’ UK warns
Tensions are rising in the Western Balkans, Europe’s ‘other hotspot.’ Britain’s foreign affairs chief David Lammy sees the ‘long hand of Russian interference.’
Markets plummet as Trump team fails to banish global trade war fears
U.S. president maintains hard-line tariff rhetoric.
US officials: Trump has been flooded with requests for trade talks
Brooke Rollins said countries are “burning” up the phone lines to talk trade.
Dispute with Israeli government overshadows Buchenwald camp liberation anniversary
Israeli officials objected to a commemoration speech by philosopher Omri Boehm, grandson of a Holocaust survivor.
Trump administration admits ‘error’ in deporting US resident to El Salvador
The Department of Justice says it has no recourse now that the man is in his home country, where he’d previously feared torture and persecution.
The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will
The lessons we can take from how easily institutions have folded to Trump’s remarkable revenge campaign.
The Romanian mathematician trying to stop Putin and Trump wrecking the West
Elon Musk and JD Vance don’t know enough to judge the country’s election crisis, and Trump should be tougher on Putin, says Bucharest Mayor and presidential candidate Nicușor Dan.
Nicolas Sarkozy trial: French prosecutors demand 7-year prison sentence for ex-president
The former conservative leader is accused of taking millions of euros from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 election campaign.
Just Stop Oil calls it quits — but warns of a revolution
‘Group became a bête noire of U.K.’s right-wing media and was criticized as being “zealots” by the Conservative and Labour governments.’
The US brain drain has begun
The White House appears hell-bent on destroying not just economic and political paradigms, but a higher education system that really did make America great.